sans
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English saunz, sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”). Compare French sans, Italian senza, Portuguese sem, and Spanish sin.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
sans
- without; lacking
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, OCLC 61366361; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], OCLC 1154977408, [Act V, scene ii]:
- Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw.
Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), page 766:
- Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.
- 1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet, page 212
- But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.
- 2007 September 4, Natalie Angier, “A Supple Casing, Prone to Damage”, in New York Times[1]:
- Skin needs ultraviolet radiation to begin the synthesis of vitamin D, but dermatologists say you can probably get the necessary electromagnetic input from a mere 20 minutes of sun exposure a week, as you go about your daily affairs, sunblocked and sans beach.
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AdjectiveEdit
sans (not comparable)
- (typography) Short for sans serif.
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
sans
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
sans
NounEdit
sans
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense.
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃/, (in liaison) /sɑ̃.z‿/
audio (file) - Homophones: cent, cents, sang, sangs, sens, sent
- Rhymes: -ɑ̃
PrepositionEdit
sans
- without
- Je ne veux pas partir sans toi.
- I cannot leave without you.
- Elle est partie sans parler à personne.
- She left without talking to anyone.
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “sans”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle EnglishEdit
PrepositionEdit
sans
- Alternative form of saunz
Middle FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French senz.
PrepositionEdit
sans
DescendantsEdit
- French: sans
NormanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without".
PrepositionEdit
sans
AntonymsEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sensus, via French sens.
NounEdit
sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sanser, definite plural sansene)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sans” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin sensus, via French sens.
NounEdit
sans m (definite singular sansen, indefinite plural sansar, definite plural sansane)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “sans” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
sans c
DeclensionEdit
| Declension of sans | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | sans | sansen | — | — |
| Genitive | sanss | sansens | — | — |